Lesson video

In progress...

Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss, I'm really looking forward to teaching you.

With you today, you need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains.

As well as that, something to write with and write on and someone or something to talk to would also be brilliant.

Right, let's get right into today's spelling lesson then.

In today's spelling lesson, we're going to be looking at French derived spelling, the CH spelling for the sh sound.

The outcome will be, I can spell the sh sound using the French derived spelling CH.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Make sure I can hear you saying these back to me.

Definition, adjective, noun, origin, etymology.

Great, some new words there perhaps.

So let's have a discussion about what each of these words means.

A definition is a clear and precise explanation of the meaning of a word or term.

An adjective describes a noun.

A noun is a naming word for a person, place, or thing.

The origin is the source or beginning of something like a place, time, or history of a word or idea.

An etymology is the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time.

Here's the outline for today's lesson.

Remember, we are looking at the French derived spelling, ch for the sh sound.

We're gonna look at using this French derived spelling first.

Then we're gonna spell some curriculum words.

And finally we're gonna have a go at applying our spellings that we've been looking at in today's lesson within a sentence.

Let's get on with using the French derived CH spelling then.

Etymology is a branch of linguistics that studies the origins and history of words.

Modern English is a language that has roots in many other languages.

So today's lesson's not only a spelling lesson, but also a bit of a history lesson as well.

I've created a really rudimentary and simple spelling tree here, you can see English is the tree with all its branches and leaves.

And the roots below are just some of the languages that have helped to form the language that we know today.

We can see Hindi, Persian, Celtic, Norse, Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, French, Latin, and Greek are all roots that have helped to make up the English language as we know it today.

Here we can see as well, this is not completely accurate, but I've created this rough table here to show the different languages that make up English.

We have Latin, French, Germanic, Greek, other, and also proper names for places.

And we can see here, interestingly, today, we are gonna be concentrating on using a French derived spelling.

And we can see that 29% of English roughly is made up or rooted in French, derived from French.

That's quite a large amount, isn't it? If we think about that, English has evolved through generations of speakers and has undergone many changes over time.

Modern English shares many words with Latin derived romance languages like French, but most were not originally part of it.

When the French speaking Normans conquered England in 1066, they brought French with them and it became a huge part of English.

Etymologists will consider the journey a word has been on to reach the point it's at today.

Some words have been on really interesting journeys.

If we think about a word that we are going to be looking at today, machine, we take this originally from Greek.

(speaking in foreign language) Then in Latin.

(speaking in foreign language) Then in French.

(speaking in foreign language) And then this word in roughly the 16th century entered into use in the English language.

(speaking in foreign language) There are many words in English that are derived from other languages.

Tsunami comes from Japanese, algebra comes from Arabic, rucksack comes from German, And jungle comes from Hindi.

Today we are going to have a focus on words that have French origins.

So find their source in the French language.

And then have entered into the English language.

Listen to these words, shop, chalet chef, bush, fish, brioche, special, parachute.

Why don't you have a good at seeing those words as well? But what did you also notice when I said those words? Pause the video have a think.

Brilliant, well, they all contain different sh sound spellings, don't they? We have sh in shop, sh in chalet, sh in Chef.

They all contain the sh sound.

It can be spelt in a variety of different ways.

Let's find out more about the following words.

So here are some of the words that we were looking at.

We have the words and word class.

So we have shop, which is a noun, machine, which is a noun, and chalet, which is a noun.

You may know the definitions and origins of some of these words already.

So shop is a building where things are sold.

That's our definition, what the word means, the origin, so where its source is is in old English.

Machine is a device that does a physical task like the machine in a factory.

Its origin is in French.

Remember today we are concentrating on words that are derived from French, chalet.

You may not know what this word means.

It's a wooden house found in the mountains.

Chalet again has that CH spelling for the sh.

It's a noun and it is derived from French.

Its origin is in the French language.

The words containing the CH spelling for the sh sound originate, come from the French language.

Have a look here for me, fill in the blanks.

I've got six underneath, I've got two gaps.

You need to think carefully about what we've learned so far.

Words that contain the, sound spelled CH often come from.

Pause the video, put in the correct word now, off you go.

Fantastic, so let's see how you've done then.

Words that contain the sh, sound spelled CH often come from French.

Pause the video to say that sentence to yourself now.

Off you go.

Brilliant, so let's have a look at some more words.

Let's think about their word class, their definition and their origin.

Although I'm sure from what we've already learned, you could maybe guess the origin of these words.

My turn, your turn.

Champagne, champagne.

Brochure, brochure.

So champagne, strange spelling in that word isn't it? Is a bubbly wine from France.

It's a region in France.

Its origin is again from French 'cause it has that CH for the sh sound.

Brochure again, CH for the sh.

A brochure is an information booklet.

Again, its origin, where it's derived is in French.

The origins of both of these words are from France.

We call them French derived words.

Can you say that for me? French derived words, because they come from the French language.

So have a look carefully at these words that contain this sh sound.

Identify the French derived spellings.

We have machine, shop, champagne and bush.

Pause the video now, there's two that are derived from French.

Off you go.

Great job team, so the two words which are derived from French are machine for that CH, for the sh and champagne with that CH for the sh, the word shop is derived from old English.

Sometimes just seeing the word in a sentence can help you to know whether the spelling looks correct or not.

They sailed across the vast ocean on a ship, which is the correct spelling, point to it now? Great, absolutely.

The other one doesn't look right, did it? It looked like chip, CH at the beginning there.

It's not going to make a sh sound.

So it is ship, ship.

To make life easier, lots of factories use machines, now, which is the correct spelling here? Pause the video and point to it.

Fantastic, absolutely, this is our CH.

So we know that it's a French derived word.

With that in mind and with some of the words that we've looked at today, choose the correct spelling in each sentence here.

I'd like you to read the sentences and choose the correct spellings of the word chalet, brochure and parachute, which ones look correct? Do you recognise any from the words that we've looked at today that are derived from French? Pause the video so that the correct spellings now.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

When people go skiing, they often say in a chalet French derived word, CH at the beginning there.

To find out more information, read the brochure, that information booklet, that's that CH.

And they flew down safely using a parachute.

That's that sh with the CH spelling again.

These are all French derived words.

So we are gonna have a go now at spelling some words containing the French derived sh sound with that CH spelling.

So just listen to me carefully and I'll say the words to you.

Remember we're using that French derived CH spelling for that sh sound.

Listen carefully to where that sh sound is coming in the word.

Chef, number one is chef.

The chef cooked a wonderful meal.

Number two is machine.

Machine, number three is brochure.

I collected a brochure about where I was going on holiday.

And number four, chalet.

When I went skiing, I stayed in a chalet.

So we have chef, machine, brochure, chalet, pause the video, have a good writing those words now.

Off you go, remember they're derived from French.

Fantastic job team, really great consideration there as to where the sound was coming.

There were also some trickier parts about those words that we'll go through now as well.

So the first word was chef.

Chef, French derived for the sh and the is coming at the start.

And I only need one F here, chef, CHEF.

So this is my correct one.

I've seen machine written like this and okay, let's think about this, machine.

It's coming in the middle the sh sound.

And we know it's French derived, CH and it's INE.

It's a bit of a strange one.

It's not ma-shine, it's machine.

It's INE.

It's the INE making that E sound.

So be careful with that.

So there's some trickier parts about these words.

And brochure, that information booklet that you would read.

Brochure, okay, we know that a C can sometimes make that sound like in special and that SH can also make the sh sound.

But I'm looking for my French derived CH here, brochure.

And it's that URE that makes that, brochure.

So it's this one here, BROCHURE.

And finally chalet, that wooden building in the mountains that you might stay in if you're going skiing or hiking.

Chalet, now be careful with this one.

I can see why the middle one might make sense, chalet, because it's making that A sound.

But again, it's derived from French and it's a little bit more tricky here.

We have our CH at the beginning.

Okay, and then it's that ET at the end.

Very strange, I know, but chalet, again, we derived this word from French.

So how did you do here? How did you get on with your spellings? We got chef, machine, brochure, chalet.

What success have you had? What mistakes have you made? What you need to learn for next time? Share your learning and make those corrections now, pause the video.

Onto our next learning cycle then, which is going to be spelling curriculum words.

Curriculum words are those words which are going to appear very commonly in our reading and our writing.

So it's really important now to spell them.

And they might have some elements about them which are a little bit tricky.

So let's read some together.

My turn, your turn, certain.

I am certain you are right.

Important, important.

Woman, woman.

So what do you notice about these spellings? Have a good saying them again.

Consider how they're spelt to how they sound.

What do you think might be tricky about them? Pause the video and have a think.

Fantastic, so I've noticed a couple of things.

In certain, that is a soft C, isn't it, at the start.

So the C at the beginning sounds like an S, cir, I don't say certain, that A doesn't make a long vowel sound.

It makes a sort of shorter sound like an, doesn't it? Certain, an.

So it doesn't say certain, it says certain as you might expect it to.

So be careful with that one.

In important and woman, when when we pronounce important and woman, the A does not make a short vowel sound.

I didn't say important.

And woman, it makes a slightly different sound, doesn't it? Important, woman.

So it's making an un sound.

So be careful with that as well.

To help with this spelling, we can sometimes spot a word in a word.

So for instance, in woman, I can see the word man, it doesn't sound like that, I can remember there's a man in woman, WOMAN, woman.

Be careful with those words.

With that in mind then, select the correct spelling for this sentence.

Are you certain the sun will shine tomorrow? Pause the video and select the correct spelling from A, B, or C now, off you go.

Fantastic, let's think about what's tricky about this word then, where it had that soft C making an S sound, didn't it, I mean, didn't say certain, but certain is spelt certain.

It's that AIN.

So be careful, it's this one, certain.

Which of these curriculum words that we've looked at are spelled correctly? Pause the video and point to the correct spelling of important.

Important.

Fantastic.

So im, IM, not in, not IN, IM, m.

Important, now be careful, don't say important, but it's a ANT.

So this is the correct one here.

Important.

Watch out for that M and watch out for that A.

And finally, woman, one single woman.

The woman sat on the bench.

Woman, remember there's a word in a word here, pause the video and point the correct spelling now.

Fantastic, remember, there's a man and woman, WOMAN, as these words are going to appear so often it's really important we commit them to our long-term memories.

So we're gonna write out these three words now using a really great independent strategy called the "Look, cover, write, check" strategy.

This is where you look carefully at a word.

Consider what's difficult about it.

So certain watch out for that C at the start and that AIN at the end.

And then look at it carefully, cover it up so I can't see it anymore.

And then from memory, have a go at writing it out in my neatest handwriting.

And then I look back and check and see how I did.

Oh, got it right.

And even if I get it right, I'm gonna do it a number of times to really embed it into my long term memory.

So this is great 'cause it's independent, works on your handwriting and it allows you to self-check.

So I'd like you to pause the video now and use the look, cover, write, check strategy to write out certain, important and woman a number of times.

Off you go.

Great job team.

So I'm hoping you've got them written out a few times like this, certain, important, woman.

Do you have any corrections to make? Pause the video, make those corrections now, off you go.

Onto our final learning cycle then, which is going to be applying spellings within a sentence.

We are going to write a sentence contains some of our focus spellings.

So some of these words that are derived from French without sh, spelled CH.

When we write the whole sentence we need to do several things at once.

So make sure you've had a little brain break.

Make sure you're ready for this.

We're gonna have to remember that whole sentence.

We're gonna have to sound out each word.

Think of our spelling rules.

Look out for the common exception in curriculum words.

So think about this curriculum words we've looked at today, words like important and woman and certain.

And finally, of course, remember our sentence punctuation.

Not only capital S and full stops, but any apostrophes, commas and other punctuation that might be in the sentence.

So I'd like to just listen to me first of all, just listen to me, say the sentence, use your amazing ears, use your hearing, listening carefully.